Fargo.
OK, the truth is out. This was the first time I ever saw Fargo. Yes, I call myself a reviewer but here's the truth; everytime I went to see Fargo, someone wasn't a fan of the Coen brothers and so my attempts to watch this amazing film, hell, it ranks up there in the top five films of the 1990's, was thwarted. Until this past weekend when Mary Beth and I on a whim decided to go to Blockbuster and pick up Fargo. Here's the verdict:
This was the film that launched William H Macy into households everywhere and began the career of the hardest working man in film. Macy plays Jerry Lundegaard, a hapless car salesman who hatches a plan to make money by hiring two thugs to kidnap Jerry's wife for ransom and collect the money from Wade Gustafson-Jerry's wife's rich father. Sounds simple enough, but this is a Coen Brother's film and greed will get the best of Jerry and even with the most simplest plans, things are complex.
Macy plays the part beautifully. So good in fact, the dialogue becomes another character. With the,"Yah's" and the accents. The role landed Macy an Oscar nod for supporting actor.
Frances McDormand. Is there any role this woman can't do? She won an Oscar for her portrayal of small town Officer Marge Gunderson. It's in the simple way she moves from scene to scene and the quiet determination that she solves the crime. Incredibly amazing.
However, there is a scene that stand out which sums up the characters in Fargo. The first scene in which we meet Marge.
Marge and her husband Norm(John Carroll Lynch) rise out of bed to what appears to be just another routine day. He makes her breakfast, they eat and she goes out to warm up the car. A moment later she comes back in the house,
"The cruiser needs a jump"
It's a remarkable scene because there is so much happening and reveals pretty much everything the audience needs to know about Marge.
This is the Coen Brother's forte, creating these touching scenes and foreshadowing the evil lurking around the corner.
So, now that I'm predicting No Country For Old Men will win Best Picture. Go out and rent Fargo.
Here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTkrXNEzPf4&feature=related
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